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Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.

Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.

Victor Hugo
Giving Up, Sacrifice, Shadow
Victor Hugo (1938). “Les Miserables: A Novel”

Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.

Victor Hugo
Sacrifice, One Day, Gains
Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume Two”, p.700, Wordsworth Editions

where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice?

Victor Hugo
Sacrifice, Summit, Ifs
Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). “Les misérables”, Dutton Adult

Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend them. The present has its pardonable amount of egotism; momentary life has its claims, and cannot be expected to sacrifice itself incessantly to the future. The generation which is in its turn passing over the earth is not forced to abridge its life for the sake of the generations, its equals after all, whose turn shall come later on.

Victor Hugo
Sacrifice, Generations, Earth
Victor Hugo (2007). “Hugo's Works”, p.77, Wildside Press LLC

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